Chapter: 790

"Everything is okay in my world again." Joy made her voice shake.

Aekeira pulled back slightly, hands cupping her sister's face, a wide smile breaking across her features. "Oh my Gods, Em, you have no idea how happy I am to hear that." She blinked rapidly. "So you were able to...?

Emeriel's radiant smile answered everything. "Oh yes." She was glowing now, utterly beaming. "Last night... and this morning. Keira, it was beautiful. The most beautiful."

A relieved laugh burst from Aekeira as she pulled her in again. "You don't know how worried I've been these past few months. I didn't want to pressure you or speak on it too much, but Gods, Em... I was afraid. That maybe you two wouldn't overcome it. That you might go through this whole pregnancy without that intimacy, without that closeness returning..." She held her tighter. "But it happened at last, I'm so glad. You two are back, stronger than ever."

Emeriel clung to her. "And our bond is back," she whispered to her sister's shoulder. "I feel him again, Keira. I feel us.